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New Year Flash Contest Extended

Posted by Story Street Writers
January 14, 2026

New Year on Story Street: Flash Fiction Contest!

Posted by Story Street Writers
December 29, 2025

Pushcart Nominee in the House!

Posted by Story Street Writers
December 9, 2025

Submission Opportunities December 2025

Posted by Michael Stubblefield
December 5, 2025

The Writing Life

Living with the Writing Condition

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The Writing Life

Story Street’s Favorite Books of 2025

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January 14, 2026

The Writing Life

Helping Writers “Keep the Magic Flowing,” an Interview with Productivity Coach Kristina Chilian

Posted byby Michele Alouf
October 23, 2025

A World of Connection Close to Home: My Experience at the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference

Posted byby Michele Alouf
October 16, 2025

The Writing Life

Books to bind the broken-hearted: the poetic elevation of Moby-Dick

Posted byby Alex Przybyla
October 2, 2025

Writing Craft

The Science of the Art

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A World of Connection Close to Home: My Experience at the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference

Posted byby Michele Alouf
October 16, 2025

Writing Craft

A Conversation with New York Times Best-selling Author: Jess Walter

Posted byby Margaret Speck Ogawa
October 8, 2025

5 Important Craft Books Every Memoir Writer Needs

Posted byby Eileen O'Neill Connors
September 25, 2025

An open book with pages folded into a heart

Writing Craft

3 Steps to Hook the Heart of Your Reader: Advice From Brandon Sanderson

Posted byby Eileen O'Neill Connors
June 6, 2025

Book Reviews

Read Like a Writer

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Orange book cover with Harlem Rhapsody in large purple lettering above the image of a Black woman in a green dress reading. She is as large as the green images of the city block behind her. Black men and women dance, play instruments, and paint across the front of the street and the hem of her dress.

Book Reviews

Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

Posted byby Jozzie Stuchell Velesig
December 4, 2025

5 Important Craft Books Every Memoir Writer Needs

Posted byby Eileen O'Neill Connors
September 25, 2025

Book Cover - The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree by India Hayford. Dark Blue background with faint image of a tree and yellow flowers

Book Reviews

“The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree” by India Hayford

Posted byby Jozzie Stuchell Velesig
May 15, 2025

Book Cover for Soft Burial by Fang Fang and translated by Michael Berry

Book Reviews

“Soft Burial” by Fang Fang

Posted byby Jozzie Stuchell Velesig
April 24, 2025

Media

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The Epilogue…Interview: Lauren Wolk

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The Epilogue Interview: Charlie Jane Anders

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